1970 Lesotho coup d'état

A self-coup took place in Lesotho on 30 January 1970, led by Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan.^[1] It led to the assumption of dictatorial powers by Prime Minister Jonathan, who held the office since 1965. The coup was triggered by the victory of the opposition Basutoland Congress Party (BCP, led by Ntsu Mokhehle) over the ruling Basotholand National Party (BNP, led by Jonathan) in the general election.

Prime Minister Jonathan declared a state of emergency, annulled the election, dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution. King Moshoeshoe II was sent into exile after expressing disapproval of the actions. Jonathan himself was deposed in the 1986 coup d'état, led by General Justin Lekhanya.

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↑ "Business Returning to Normal in Lesotho After Coup". 1970-02-12. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/12/archives/business-returning-to-normal-in-lesotho-after-coup.html. Retrieved 2019-01-07.

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1970s	Lesotho (1970)^‡c Libya (1970) Uganda (1971)^c Morocco (1971) Sudan (1971)^c Dahomey (1972)^c Ghana (1972)^c Morocco (1972) Republic of the Congo (1972) Rwanda (1973)^c Uganda (1974) Niger (1974)^c Ethiopia (1974)^c Comoros (1975)^c Sudan (1975) Libya (1975) Nigeria (1975)^c Chad (1975)^c Comoros (1976)^c Sudan (1976) Burundi (1976)^c Nigeria (1976) Benin (1977) Republic of the Congo (1977)^c Seychelles (1977)^c Sudan (1977) Somalia (1978) Comoros (1978)^c Ghana (1978)^‡c Mauritania (1978)^c Central African Republic (1979)^c Ghana (1979)^c Equatorial Guinea (1979)^c

1980s	Mauritania (1980)^c Liberia (1980)^c Guinea-Bissau (1980)^c Upper Volta (1980)^c Mauritania (1981) Gambia (1981) Central African Republic (1981)^c Ghana (1981)^c Seychelles (1981) Central African Republic (1982) Kenya (1982) Upper Volta (1982)^c Upper Volta (February 1983) Upper Volta (August 1983)^c Nigeria (1983)^c Mauritania (1984)^c Cameroon (1984) Guinea (1984)^c Uganda (1985)^c Nigeria (1985)^c Sudan (1985)^c Liberia (1985) Lesotho (1986)^c Togo (1986) Libya (1987) Burkina Faso (1987)^c Burundi (1987)^c Republic of the Congo (1987) Tunisia (1987)^c Sudan (1989)^c Burkina Faso (1989) Ethiopia (1989) Chad (1989)

1990s	Sudan (1990) Nigeria (1990) Zambia (1990) Chad (1990)^c Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Sudan (1992) Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992) Burundi (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡ Comoros (1995) São Tomé and Príncipe (1995) Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Zambia (1997) Lesotho (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c

2000s	Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Central African Republic (2003)^c Mauritania (2003) Guinea-Bissau (2003)^c São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Burkina Faso (2003) Chad (2004) Sudan (2004) Equatorial Guinea (2004) Mauritania (2005)^c Chad (2006) Madagascar (2006) Guinea (2008)^c Mauritania (2008)^c Madagascar (2009)^c

2010s	Niger (2010)^c Guinea-Bissau (2010)^c Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011) Niger (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Côte d'Ivoire (2012) Mali (2012)^c Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Sudan (2012) Benin (2013) Libya (April 2013) Comoros (2013) Chad (2013) Egypt (2013)^c Libya (October 2013) Central African Republic (2012–13) South Sudan (2013) Libya (2014) Lesotho (2014) The Gambia (2014) Burundi (2015) Burkina Faso (2015) Burkina Faso (2016) Libya (2016) The Gambia (2016–17)^‡ Equatorial Guinea (2017) Zimbabwe (2017)^c Gabon (2019) Sudan (2019)^c Ethiopia (2019)

2020s	Mali (2020)^c

^c: successful coup ^‡ self-coup no sign for attempted coup

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